Water for Elephants, or straying from the list

Once again I have strayed from the list, but to my defense, the book took less than 2 days to complete AND it was a vacation book (most of which I read at home). Water for Elephants was entertaining and definitely something different from what I have been reading as of late. Sometimes I think it's good to read something more current. I didn't really like the book until about halfway in, but once I got there it was hard to leave unfinished.


My next up was going to be another stray from the list, The Girl Who Played With Fire, but seeing as that is due back to the library and not renewable, I'll pick something from my reserves. Last night I was at a party where everyone was raving about 1984 (disclaimer: This was not a party related to books, this was a birthday party where someone mentioned they were reading 1984 and everyone listening said how wonderful it was) so I'll probably start with that. I am in the middle of Midnight's Children, but losing interest and making no progress so I'll leave it for a while and try 1984 as something different. (It's probably also easier to finish by the beginning of school once again....blech!)

The Horse And His Boy: Check!

Well...I finished the third book of the Narnia series. I generally don't really enjoy these books even though I probably should. However, this one was even worse, probably because the 4 kids were not in it really and basically nothing happened the whole time. Basically I have nothing to say about it except that it's getting me slightly closer to finishing the series (although I'm not even halfway yet). I guess I'll keep trying to plug along at this one even though it's really not my favorite.

I'm also working on Water For Elephants, which I was reading as a vacation book. It's pretty good. I'm about a third of the way through it. My favorite part of it so far is the real circus pictures from the 1930's or so. I'll finish that one next even though it's not on the list. Then I'll probably start The Girl Who Played With Fire before refocusing on the list...maybe trying some Sherlock Holmes or LOTR again.

I'm too cluttered to focus on reading right now, though. I'll come back to it eventually.